Ike (1979)

Directed by

Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson

Genre

drama, war & politics

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows Dwight D. Eisenhower during his time as Supreme Commander in Europe in World War Two. It shows his leadership and his relationship with his driver Kay Summersby.

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What happens

Ike, also known as Ike: The War Years, is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, mostly focusing on his time as Supreme Commander in Europe during World War II. The screenplay, written by Melville Shavelson, was based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. Directed by Boris Sagal and Melville Shavelson, the production starred Robert Duvall as Eisenhower and Lee Remick as Kay Summersby. Film editors John Woodcock and Bill Lenny won an Eddie Award for their work and the series garnered five Emmy Award nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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